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This page in Mitchener's diary from World War II includes a drawing of the food supply area at the camp. On the top, he has written,"And any army travels on its stomach any stomach" On the counter, he has drawn a posted sign listing the specials of...

This page in Mitchener's diary shows the POWs departing the German prison camp. They have not been released, but rather, they are being relocated to another POW camp farther west because of the approaching Russians from the East. Mitchener has...

This page in Mitchener's diary from World War II includes a drawing of the showers at the POW camp. On the top of the image, he has written, "For 'cleanliness is next to godliness.'" Underneath the drawing, he has mentioned that the shower room is...

This page in Mitchener's diary from World War II includes a drawing of a stage, on which he has written, "Hereon have appeared backdrops - Remarkable in that they were constructed with very few materials...much ingenuity." Under productions, he...

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camps and the loved ones thy contain. Here
I drawn a picture of Blountville? If so
I can truly sympathize with you and only
regret my inability to dispel the gloom that
thickens round the many lonely hearth stones.
The only consolation I...

This card, written in German, includes the information obtained about Prisoner of War Hardy A. Mitchener, Jr. when he was captured by the Germans during World War II. It includes his name, rank, identity disk (Erkennungsmarke), service number,...

This Civil War map showing the theater of Tennessee operations during General William Rosecrans 1863 Tullahoma and Chattanooga campaigns against general Braxton Bragg's Army of Tennessee. Prepared after the war under the direction of the Honorable...

Image presents the juxtaposition of the beautiful architectutral features and sculpture exhibited in the east, or main fascade of the Tennesseee State Capitol Building with the surrounding heavy Federal stockades, fortifications, and general...

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in your ear for me the tale of love I would tell were I there, and to teach
you that the burden of my lovely song when far away, is, "Does
someone repeat my name over, and sigh. Oh! I wish he was here - I
cannot write more now. Will...

One of a series of maps illustrating the campaigns in and around Chattanooga, this detailed topographical map shows the November 23-25, 1863 disposition of Union and Confederate forces at the Battle of Missionary Ridge, prepared under the direction...